Left jackknife position: a novel position for laparoscopic hepatectomy

Abstract Background Laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) located in segment VI, VII, or VIII of the liver is usually difficult because of poor operative exposure, due to the unique anatomical structure. In this study, we evaluated the practice of laparoscopic hepatectomy with...

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Main Authors: Jian-Cong Chen, Rong-Xin Zhang, Min-Shan Chen, Li Xu, Jin-Bin Chen, Ke-Li Yang, Yao-Jun Zhang, Zhong-Guo Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-017-0190-y